Bush Renews Call to Ban Gay Marriage

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Bush Renews Call to Ban Gay Marriage

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TOPEKA, Kan. - President Bush (news - web sites) on Monday renewed his call for Congress to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriages.

On the same day that Massachusetts began issuing licenses to gay couples, Bush said in a statement, "The sacred institution of marriage should not be redefined by a few activist judges."

In the statement, read aboard Air Force One by White House press secretary Scott McClellan while traveling to Topeka, Kan., Bush said that "all Americans have a right to be heard in this debate."

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Although Bush has not actively put pressure on Congress to pass the measure, McClellan said the White House had been "in close contact with members of Congress" in an attempt to get the measure moving.

Was he meeting with Fred Phelps before the speech?

Another shot in the simian foot.

The CHIMPANZEE'S Favorite BIGOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN TOO

gotta distract the homophobics from iraq again.

Gays have gotten married in California for a couple of months.

The sky has not fallen there or anywhere else.

This will be greeted with a resounding ho-hum by the majority.

I wonder if he considers that decision the result of "activist judges"?

Damn activist judges!

Did you know those same activist judges, 50 years ago, actually required our white children to go to school with Negroes? They handed down that unnatural and perverse decison Brown v. Board of Education

That's almost as disgusting as allowing two people who love each other to get married!

those activist judges... how dare they give rights to 'brown' people (isn't that the term, brown people, he used in a question/answer forum?) and homosexuals ....

He's freaked his base may bolt, and that leaves the middle open to Kerry.

Strike while the iron is hot, John Kerry. Go for the middle now while Bush tries to shore up the base!

ASAP!!!

:kick:

"Republicans only want to divide the country with guns, gays and abortion"

First things first. Onward christian soldiers.

gays are gettin' married today and its here to stay. go play in your sandbox

and...

SHUT THE FUCK UP

Let's see...

Iraq? Quagmire.
Economy? Sucks.
Gas? Skyrocketing prices.
POWs? Torture.
Domestic policies? Hollow.
Polls? Dropping.
Political Heat? Rising.

Guess its time for a good old dose of homophobia!
I'm sure they'll throw in some religion as well.

Carry on....

steroid use in professional athletics.....how on earth can we expected to be a great nation with Barry Bonds hitting the juice before hitting the ball.....

Just wondering :evilgrin:

he's reaching out to his base! (his only hope)

Oh, excuse me -- Mr. President Asshole.

This guy is completely clueless. He just says what they tell him to say. I'd call him Charlie McCarthy, but that would be an insult to Charlie.

1. bu$h has no room to criticize "activist judges." That's how he got his job.

2. Fuck bu$h.

:evilgrin:
dbt

and they're only "activist" when they're doing what he and the RW doesn't agree with.....overturning Roe would seem activist to me....

So: activist judges in Brown v Board of Education, good; activist judges in gay marriage, bad?

The presidency used to be one. Until Bush got hold of it with his pseudo-Christianity/Cowboy act.



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So he's pushing it again, now in Kansas -- where last month, the legislature didn't let it fly.

I hope Dubya keeps wasting his time on this -- beating this dead horse may be keeping from hitting something where he could actually do some damange.

Meanwhile, congradulations to all the new soon-to-be married folks in Massechusetts!

When your business goes bad, mind somebody else's.

It's the excuse the talking heads intend to use on Nov 3 to explain how Bush "won" the
2004 election when the last polls showed him down 16 points and the exit polls were MIA
again.

"A wave of angry homophobes carries dubya to victory"

Just ask ex-Senator Cleland how it works.

but allowing loving gay couples to form legal unions, why that's just downright wrong! :evilgrin:

To use this day marked by freedom to renew his call on amending bigotry into the constitution.

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"The sacred institution of marriage should not be redefined by a few activist judges."
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Hypocrite!!!

:kick:

it's just a distraction from his many failures. and if it's a sacred institution, shouldn't it be decided by churches while civil govt confines iself to civil matters?

If marriage is defined as between a man and a woman, Laura will have to get an annulment.

n/t